John de Plessis

M, d. 26 February 1263
     John de was born in Wiltshire, England. John married Christian de Sandford of Hook Norton, daughter of Hugh de Sandford and Joan de Noers, circa 1235. John's wife, Christian, died before 1242 in Wiltshire, England, leaving him a widower. John married 2nd Margery de Warwick Countess of Warwick after 1242 in Oxfordshire, England. Her 1st husband was a Mr. de Newburgh. John's wife, Margery, died in 1253 in the Barony of Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England, leaving him a widower. With his marriage to Margery, John also gained the title of Earl of Warwick. Since Margery had no children in either of her marriages, and she died before her husband, her herititary rights to Hook Norton and Kidlington Manor went to John. At the death of Maud de Cantelou in 1261, who held dower rights from her first husband, John entered the manor of Kidlington as his demense holding. This manor remained the demense and of the king in chief and of his succesors until at least 1349.1,2 John departed this life on Monday, 26 February 1263 in Oxfordshire, England, at the Barony of Hook Norton.3 He was buried at Buckinghamshire, England, in Missenden Abbey.4

Family 1

Christian de Sandford of Hook Norton d. b 1242
Child

Family 2

Margery de Warwick Countess of Warwick d. 1253

Citations

  1. [S936] British History Online - Victoria County History: In 1086 Robert d'Oilly held KIDLINGTON in demesne, and the manor descended with his barony of Hook Norton to his brother Niel (d. c. 1115), to Niel's son Robert (d. 1142), and to Robert's son (d. 1163), grandson (d. 1196), and great-grandson, all called Henry d'Oilly. The last Henry, who c. 1200 alienated detached woodland in the extraparochial area Osney Hill, died without issue in 1232, and Kidlington was held in dower by his widow Maud (d. 1261) and her second husband William de Cauntelo. Margaret de Newburgh, countess of Warwick, niece of the last Henry d'Oilly and after 1242 his heir, died without issue in 1253, but the reversion of Kidlington, which had escheated to the Crown on her death, was granted to her husband John de Plessis, who entered on the manor on Maud de Cauntelo's death. Kidlinging Manors and other estates - John de Plessis died in 1263 and was succeeded by his son Hugh who in 1279 held the manor in demesne of the king in chief. Hugh was succeeded by his son (d. 1301), grandson (d. 1337), and great-grandson (d. 1349), all called Hugh de Plessis. - www.british-history.ac.uk.
  2. [S936] British History Online - Victoria County History: The Parish of Wicken - In 1086 Robert d'Oyley held one hide and one virgate in Wick, which Azor had held freely in King Edward's time. Robert died without male issue and was succeeded in his barony of Hook Norton (Oxon.) by his brother Nigel, whose great-grandson Henry, dying without issue, was succeeded by his sister Margery, the first wife of Henry, earl of Warwick (d. 1229). Their only son and heir Thomas died without issue in 1242, when he was succeeded as countess of Warwick suo jure by his sister Margery, whose second husband John de Plessis died in 1263 seised of the barony of Hook Norton and the lands of Henry d'Oyley, his wife's uncle, by virtue of a conditional grant, if his wife predeceased him without issue. Among Henry's lands was one fee in Wicken. John's first wife was Christian, daughter and heiress of Hugh de Sandford of Hook Norton, by whom he had a son and heir Hugh de Plessis, who was 26 at the date of his father's death, and whose own son Hugh was summoned to Parliament as a baron in 1299. In 1265, 1272 and 1277 Sir Hugh de Plessis was found to be tenant in chief of the Wicken estate - www.british-history.ac.uk.
  3. [S936] British History Online - Victoria County History: The Parish of Wicken - www.british-history.ac.uk.
  4. [S1432] Records of Buckinghamshire, Or, Papers and Notes on the History ., page 140.